Polish F-16s Intercept Russian Il-20 Plane Over Baltic Sea

Two Polish F-16 fighter jets intercepted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea approximately 40 kilometers north of Kołobrzeg on July 31. Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz confirmed the aircraft remained in international airspace but was flying without a flight plan and with its transponder deactivated. The interception follows a July 30 incident in which a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile entered Polish airspace and crashed near Tarnawa-Kolonia in eastern…